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Master pre-determiners, which provide detailed emphasis or quantity information about nouns. Clear explanations and practice exercises to help you learn.
What Are Pre-determiners?
In English grammar, pre-determiners are words that are used before other determiners and are part of the noun group.
Pre-determiners are often quantitative words, that may be placed before an article or other determiner(s).
Pre-determiners: Types
Pre-determiners are categorized into three main groups:
Warning
Pre-determiners do not usually co-occur. This means that two pre-determiners cannot be used together at the same time.
Multipliers as Pre-determiners
A multiplier is a word that is used to indicate how many times something is multiplied.
Phrases such as double, twice, three times, four times, etc. are all multipliers. These multipliers are used before countable and uncountable nouns as pre-determiners. Check out the examples:
He is twice the man you are.
You should brush your teeth three times a day.
Fractions as Pre-determiners
Fractions are used to describe numbers smaller than one or they can show a proportion of a particular noun or amount such as half, three-quarters, five-eighths, two-thirds, etc. Check out the examples:
I spent five-ninths of my salary.
Two-third of your work was wasted.
Universal Determiners as Pre-determiners
Out of all the universal forms, only two of them are typically used as pre-determiners before a noun. The word 'All' can be used as a pre-determiner with both countable and uncountable nouns, while 'both' is only used with countable nouns.
Check out the examples:
All your money is gone.
All these books are mine.
Both my friends are mad at me.
Warning
Remember both and all are not used with indefinite article 'a/an.'
Review
Pre-determiners are used before central determiners to make a set of determiners that can modify a particular noun. Here is the list of pre-determiners.
multipliers: twice, three times, double
fractions: half, one-third, eight-tenth
universals: both, all
Quiz:
Choose the sentence that correctly uses a multiplier pre-determiner.
She finished the project in double time.
We need twice a flour for this recipe.
He paid three times the price for the collectible.
I've seen this movie twice you have.
Sort the words to form a correct sentence.
Fill the table by specifying the type of pre-determiner used in each sentence.
She donated half her income. | |
All the cookies vanished. | |
He runs twice my daily distance. | |
Both these paintings are fake. | |
We need double the volunteers. |
Complete each sentence using the appropriate pre-determiner.
She completed the project in
the time it took me.
documents were signed before the deadline.
We need
our current resources for phase two.
Identify the grammatically correct sentence.
Both a candidates passed the interview.
All her jewelry was stolen.
Both of the door need repair.
All a water in the jug is contaminated.
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